Indonesian woman’s nightclub beating draws angry reaction

Jessica Setia says she was beaten by a male bouncer of the Busan club Groove. (Facebook).

SEOUL: An Indonesian woman claimed Sunday that she was discriminated against and beaten up by a Korean bouncer of a club because of her nationality, in an incident that drew a lot of social media attention over the weekend.  

Jessica Setia, a 21-year-old Indonesian national who has studied here for two years, suffered a 0.5-centimeter-deep wound on her lips and a bruise on her chin as a result of her brawl with the male bouncer of a club in Busan around midnight Friday.